Assistant secretary of state Roberta Jacobson. Begin negotiations tomorrow to normalize relations. When what youre doing doesnt work for 50 years, its time to do something else. What were doing with respect to cuba is not a reward for anything. Hoping it will pave the way for secretary of state kerry to come. I look forward to traveling to cuba. Its unlikely the embargo will be lifted any time soon. There is a lot of history to overcome. We are ending policy that was long past its expiration date. What we keep hearing is hope. Weve been waiting for this. Assistant secretary of state Roberta Jacobson arrived in cuba to begin talks tomorrow on normalizing relations with cuba. She will discuss opening a cuba embassy in washington, d. C. And American Embassy in havana as well as banking issues mail service and expanding trail between the two countries. With cuba we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date. [ applause ] the president , of course does not have the Legal Aut
For a second night tonight. Lest we forget that we are the little sister around here we are of the little sibling to nbc news. Lest we forget nbc nightly news tonight got to do their poststate of the union broadcast tonight. Not just from a leftover big desk, like i get to. No nbc nightly news tonight got to do their newscast tonight from cuba. Brian williams and Andrea Mitchell and everybody from nbc nightly news tonight got to do their Live National newscast from havana from the streets in havana. Which is so cool. For them to be able to get in there, and be able to do this broadcast. Of course it also spotlights though what a big deal it is in the news right now, that tonight, right now, for the first time in 53 years, the government of the United States and the government of cuba are negotiating reopening diplomat ties between our two countries. Starting this afternoon and tonight in havana u. S. Diplomats and cuban diplomats have started the process of negotiating the reopening of